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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 37 SE 1020 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Longnose or Foreness Stairs, Foreness Point, Margate |
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Summary
Longnose or Foreness Stairs, shown on the Ordnance Survey historic maps of c.1858-1940. Possibly still remaining as an unlabelled feature on the recent Ordnance Survey map. Recorded during an assessment of the north Kent coast by Wessex Archaeology.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3836 7161 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR37SE |
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| Parish: | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- STEPS (Post Medieval to Modern - 1858 AD? to 2007 AD? (pre))
Full description
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Longnose or Foreness Stairs, shown on 1st, 2nd & 3rd ed OS 6 inch (1-3). A similar, unlabled feature is shown on the current edition OS
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1858-73, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897 (Map). SWX11831.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1893-7, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898 (Map). SWX11832.
<3> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912 (Map). SWX11833.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1858-73. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 1st Edition : 1872-1897. 1:2500. |
| <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1893-7. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 2nd edition : 1893-1898. 1:2500. |
| <3> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. |
